Installer document for acb's macros:

Last updated December 19, 03

Staked the error in the install routine with help from Paolo Mantovani.

Added File finder library, a (slow) way to search for text in unopened Ooo files. Quicker ways need Python, mySQL, or both.

Click anything underlined to test a particular macro:

Word count which does selected text1 It gives odd results on this document because of all the buttons and fields. The two words of selected text that it reports are "word" and "count".

Change case (repeated keypresses cycle through title, lower case, upper case) though that feature doesn’t work when it’s run from this document.

Mark paragraphs with two CRs and [para] (for dumb email programs) You'll probably want to press ctrl-Z after testing this.

Dumbquote strips out "smart quotes" and en-dashes -- like these -- and replaces them with plain ascii. Press here to see it in action.

Apply style heading 1 (other macros in the kit will do this for other heading styles). One returns it to default.

Fancy save This may only work properly on a new document:

Save this document as Word -- you want a *.doc file?

This will Swap two characters. WORNG. In normal use it will swap the two characters each side of the cursor. It's called Transpose

Insert a special character (in this case ß). Normally, this will appear where your cursor is. It looks funny with a field

Once these are installed, you will find two new macro libraries, acbTools and acbFilefind. Run the macros from there using

tools -> Macro -> Macros. Bind them to the keys or icons of your choice using the tools->configuredialogue.

If, after installation, you run the word count from this document, it will count the words in this document, which is probably not what you want.

non-Standard Disclaimer:

Running macros from strange documents is a foolish and irresponsible thing to do. Doing so without first backing up anything you care about is so trusting it's almost anti-social. These macros may not work as they should. They may not work at all. They may run over your novel and chew up your dog. On the other hand, they may be better than nothing.

Andrew Brown, oomacros@darwinwars.com

Standard disclaimer and MIT licence .

These macros are copyright (c) 2003 Andrew Brown.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Andrew Brown

2003-05-18T14:03:10